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The Project co-host Lisa Wilkinson has been away travelling for the last two weeks and has left her husband, Peter FitzSimons and her daughter Billi in charge of holding down the fort.

However, Lisa quickly discovered that things don’t run quite as smoothly as they do if mum’s around.

She shared a hilarious mix-up on her Instagram, naming and shaming her hubby's domestic duties mishap, where he was tasked with washing two loads of dirty laundry from a camping trip – but used the wrong appliance.

The post is a funny text exchange between Lisa and her daughter Billi, with Lisa asking whether or not the dryer is actually broken and if Billi has checked the filters.

Billi quickly replied:

“Dad threw washing machine powder in with the clothes because he thought it was the washing machine,” Billi replied.

“It’s fitting that he was hanging out with @benfordham9 this afternoon because their domestic common sense seems to be at a similar level.”

“Oh I hear you!! Why do they do this ??? asked my husband to put the pies in the O for oven but he put it under the G for grill and nearly burnt the house down! Smoke alarms went off! So I know the pain !!!” one follower wrote.

Another shared an anecdote with their father trying to “help” their mother.

“My Dad put the cutlery inc spoons into the Washing machine trying to "help Mum" in the 50s. We spent much of our childhood giggling as we ate with the bent/ twisted spoons. Love your story,!!”

Lisa and her husband have been married for more than 26 years and have three children together, daughter Billi and sons Lois and Jake.